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Impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on the Visual Sustain Attention of ADHD Student-Athletes

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Authors

Fereshteh Amouzadeh 1
Hadi Moradi 2
Hassan Gharayagh zandi 3
Reza Rostami 4
Ali Moghadamzadeh 5

1 Department of Motor Behavior and Sports Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Machine Intelligence and Robotics, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran,

3 Department of Motor Behavior and Sports Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

4 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

5 Department of Curriculum Development & Instruction Methods, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2021.325671.1586
Abstract
Introduction: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is common in the general and sports population. The prime objective of the current study was to compare the impact of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on the visual sustained attention of ADHD student-athletes.
Methods: In this study, among the 79 children diagnosed with ADHD, 45 students were randomly selected and divided into three 15-person Sham, control, and experimental groups. All subjects in the Sham and experimental groups received ten sessions of two different types of anodal and sham stimulations over the F3 area and cathode excitation over the Supraorbital (SO) area with 1 mA current for 15 minutes. After ten sessions, each group was re-examined. After 40 days, a follow-up test was performed according to the post-test using the Continuous Performance Test, Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance, and Paired Sample t-test was used to test statistical hypotheses (p≤0.05).
Results: The results revealed that applying tDCS is effective in improving the visual sustained attention of ADHD student-athletes.
Conclusion: The findings of the study indicated that the protocol of applying 1 mA tDCS can improve the visual sustained attention of ADHD student-athletes.

Keywords

tDCS
Visual sustained attention
ADHD student-athletes
Athletic performance
ADHD athletes
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Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Volume 14, Issue 2
Summer 2022
Pages 17-33

  • Receive Date 17 December 2021
  • Revise Date 29 November 2021
  • Accept Date 02 December 2021

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